Bea Ortiz is a Spanish-American artist based in the Catskills of New York. She studied fine art and completed postgraduate studies in art education in her native Spain before moving to New York City in 1998. There, she built an international career as a decorative painter and muralist while steadily developing her own painting and drawing practice. She also collaborated on multidisciplinary performances that wove together live painting, dance, and music.

In 2018, following a life-changing illness, Bea relocated to the Catskill Mountains and returned to full-time artmaking. She credits her creative practice with helping to heal her and is committed to creating work that contributes to collective transformation, exploring the interconnectedness of all beings.

Her work has been exhibited in venues across the United States and Spain, including Fundación Canal de Isabel II (Madrid), TAC International Festival of Arts and Theater (Valladolid), BRIC (Brooklyn), 1053 Gallery (Fleischmanns, NY), Green Kill Gallery (Kingston, NY), and CAS Art Center (Livingston Manor, NY). She also represented 1053 Gallery at SCOPE Miami.

Bea currently maintains a studio and gallery in Margaretville, NY. Her ongoing community arts initiative, Make Your Own Art, invites people of all ages to explore creative expression through painting, drawing, and other mediums.